It is, in fact, safe to assume that, more often than not, life imitates craft, for who among us can say that our experience does not more closely resemble a macramรฉ plant holder than it does a painting by Seurat. When it comes to art, life is the biggest copycat in the matter of the frame.
Fran LebowitzTo me, the main difference between young people now and the people I was young with isn't so much style, it's the relationships they have with their parents. Their parents like them much more than ours liked us. Our parents weren't our friends. But now I see my friends on the phones with their, what, 30 - year - old kids? And they're talking about feelings.
Fran LebowitzWhat I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life.
Fran LebowitzNow people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut??
Fran LebowitzThe Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.
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